Ms. Chanel (WenChu) Yang

 

      Wen-Chu (Chanel) Yang was born in Taiwan, and raised in Los Angeles, CA, where her started hers training for dance while in Taiwan. In 2006 Wen-Chu received her Master of Fine Arts in Dance and Choreograph from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) under Doug Nielsen, Laurence Blake, Tina Young and many others. She is a technically proficient and innovative dance choreographer, performer, educator, and creative artist. Consistent with her interdisciplinary approach, she uses a variety of artistic media in her work, including painting, installation, short films and photography. She enjoys crossing boundaries, melding one technique and idea with another.

While at CalArts, Wen-Chu was an Assistant Technical Director of the Dance Theater; at the beginning of 2006, she became an instructor of stage management. Early in 2006, she was invited as the cameraman to record live performances of the world renowned Joes Limon Dance Company in Los Angeles Music Center. She was selected by World Dance Alliance-Asia Pacific as one of eight choreographers from all over the world to produce a work for the 2006 Asia Young Choreography Projects in Taiwan. She was also invited as both a special guest choreographer and performer for the CalArts Dance Ensemble. Her choreography has been shown in Taiwan and throughout LA and NY at venues such as REDCAT, HIGHWAYS, Electric Lodge, Elephant Stageworks and Matthaton Performance Art Center, etc.

      Wen-Chu has been teaching to all ages at numerous institutions since 1998, from pre-schools to universities and dancing studios throughout Taiwan and U.S. In 2010 she became Shining Star Dance Academy’s director. She has dedicated herself to recruiting talented students to share her teach with San Gabriel Valley’s community. Her Students were invited and performed as Pasadena Dance Festival, communities and many of organizations. She specializes in Contemporary, Modern, Ballet, Chinese Classical Dance, Yoga and Pilates (Mat).